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10 THE MORNING OREGONIAN, SATURDAY, JANUARY 13, 1900. FOODS FOR INVALIDS AND CHILDREN (Copyright, 1899. THE OREGOIAN'S HOME STUDYCIRCLE: HOME SCIENCE AND HOUSEHOLD ECONOMY Contributors to this course: "Zlrs. Kelea Camp bell, Mrs. Marjaret E. Sanger. Mrs. Kate Gannett WeT.e. Mrs. Louise E. Hogan. MI& , of q diseases to which children are liable Anne Barrow. Mrs Mary Roberts Smith. Mta ,would disappear entirely under strict su imily G. Balch. Mte Lucy TVheelock anou vervisioT1 nT hv(T.PJ1 L ,,. ,,,,. OtherS. VIV. Foods for Invalids and Ch- drcn. Xly Lonlwe E. Hopnn. Owing to differences of temperament, and constitution, even case of feeding needs individualization, and where then is doubt on the subject, even in condi tions of health, the advice of an authority on the subject should be sought. Fortu nately for both invalids and children. scientists and physicians are inclined to. "J pay special attention to tnis important, phase of preventive medicine, and It in possible for mother, nurse and phyticiar' to co-operate on food questions with sonui hope of achieving deshable results. 1 he study of dietetics as applied to the-r.urst-ry and the period of childhood, ati -u ell as in its relation to Invalids, requires practical application of theory to Indi vidual needs no matter what system 01J feeding is decided upon. Parents must tmdei stand that what is provided for thti average table in the way of food may not; a'wajs be given with Impunity to chil dren. "Wc'.i-trained nurses and expert physicians appreciate more fully than par- nts the benefit In disease that cornea from well-selected, properly prepared and Parents as thoroughly assimilated food. a niiO and many untrained nurses forget, although they may acknowledge the im portance of the fact, that the food an adult can receive and assimilate does harm to the tender organs of a child organs that depend very largely for their development upon a proper selection and admiirfstratioH of assimilable food. Care lessness and ignorance at this period of life are quickly followed "by pernicious rf ults. The treatment of almost all diseases re quires the special application of f6od principles, and many of them, especially in children, may be avoided by care in this direction. Any one who will study the nature of food products, whether nitrogenous, carbonaceous or mineral, their proportion of waste and water, those needed to build tissue, furnish heat, puri fy the blood, etc, will comprehend at once the, value of dietetic knowledge in the se lection and preparation of the food re quired tinder special conditions. Dr. Bur 3iet, of London, says this knowledge is the foundation of sound practical dietet ics, and the subject is one of the greatest Importance. Dr. Rotch, professor of dis eases of children at Harvard, says in "Pediatrics' ': "Just as the highest aim in mrdical art should be directed to the province of preventive medicine, so the highest and most practical branch of pre ventive medicine should consist of the study of the best means for starting young human beings in life. It is a proper or an Improper nutriment which makes or mars 1h" perfection of the coming beings In life. . . . "We should be guided by what nature has taught tis throughout many ages in studying the form of nutriment suitable for an especial period of life." A rourishing diet must be supplied dur ing the entire season of a child's youth, and at the same time be supplemented by fa.vorablc hygienic surroundings and by plenty of exercise of various kinds to call every set of muscles Into play, lack of sufficient exercise diminishing tissue change. During this early period of life larger supplies of certain food elements are required than in adult life, when phy sical growth has ceased and bodily activ ity has grown less. It must also be un derstood that under various conditions in the liCe of the same child different foods and quantities will be required. The diet must be adapted to the power of the con stitution at the time, and it must be of the highest nutritive value possible for present digestive power. If the child's digestion is normal and its life an active and out-of-door one, it can assimi late more and stronger food than If. from variations in climate and other causes, It 1( 3 us a more quiet life, and if for any rea son its dirfstion is not tip to the normal standard, consideration must be given par ticularly to quantity and assimilation. It must always be remembered that eating, through repair, is intended to balance, not to increase, the waste caused by the con stant action and change going on in the organs. This waste, if not fully counter balanced, will soon cause suffering and ill ness, but the mistake so constantly met "with of overfeeding must be absolutely avoded. The amount of nutrition In the cases of delicate children and of Invalids must be even more carefully considered. One of the most important reasons for this is that energy must not be wasted in getting rid of superfluous material, as organic disease may result A little food thoroughly digested Is far better than much that is half-digested. It is neces sary to understand how to supply, as rearly as possible, the same materials that the body is regularly losing, as. for instance, when we give heat-forming food in cold weather and liquid in hot weather. Drink constitutes food, as well as what we eat. As each nutritive ingredient serves its own peculiar purpose, it can readily be sern why it U necessary for a mother, rurse or physician to understand some thing of the elements of food and their notion. A mother or nurse should be able to detect immediate needs in indlvid tiil caes, as on account of troximitv they are generally the only ones who no tice the daily variations in conditions re oulring daily modifications of diet. While they need not actually cook the food re quired, they should know just what to select -under certain conditions, and ex act! v how to have it prepared. They fhould not only be able to note by re sets whether directions have been car ried out, but also be willing, if necessary, to see to it personally that this Is done. A little supervision judiciously applied n f I frequently prevent difficulties that are likely to occur as a result of care lessness upon the part of servants. One should seek to know the changes needed in health. Illness and intermedi ary stages. In illness this knowledge would enable one to ably supplement the fforts of physicians, and In cases of slight indisposition one might frequently be able to seize the opportunity through careful diet of overcoming ailments which nncared for might prove serious. For in stance, if one recognized the fact that the eliminative processes were hampered one would cut down albuminoids, as, for instance, in cases of constipation the sup pY of fruit, vegetables, cereals, etc., shou'd be relatively greater in menus than milk, eggs, meat, etc Again, as the preparation, intervals and amounts in 1 feeding children and invalids are of equal Importance, with such knowledge as is Indicated one would be likely to feed less at a time and make the occasions more frequent, and the food would be more daintily prepared in order to make It more easily assimilated, than is re quired for conditions of health. In cases of illness one would fully realize that suc cess in treatment depends very largely upon the trouble taken in the combina tions and preparation of the foods that are allowable, and one would endeavor to give as varied a diet as the necessary limitations wou4d allow. In such consid eration temperaments must always be studied and tastes and likings consulted, -which questions are of the greatest im portance through the Influence they exert on the digestion of food, we might, although proving disagreeable and troublesome at times to the mothers and nurses, do more good to the suffering infants." If food Is not such as the digestion can master, It is useless and can only -do harm, 2Cot being turned to proper account, the j by Seymour Eaton.) DIRECTED BY PROF. SEYMOUR EATON blood receives no new supply and Is im poverished; there Is no nourishment given for development of the body, and inherited tendencies to various diseases are encour aged by those whose duty it is to ivroviile food of a nutritious quality and to see that it Is carefully administered. Many th VnrlfWlc Intmtlnnl ill.nrJnra Innliirltnir many resultant throat, - catarrhal and i nervous troubles. Nature resents care lessness, and is relentless in her punish ment. What the doctor calls cholera In fantum, rickets or marasmus, etc.,, and the mother is often Inclined to considei a dispensation of Providence, is only too frequently the direct result of violations of the most common laws of home science. Tne whole study of feeding children and Invalids may appear to be a vast one, yet It resolves Itself into a few simple and generally acknowledged facts. The evil conditions that arise from improper feed ing are not alwajs th result of lack of knowledge, but very frequently because what we know we do not do. When en deavoring to apply the principles of food and nutrition, we must both know and Co. Knowledge and action must be combined for good results. The few underlying prin ciples to remember when studying how to individualize each case of feeding. whether it be invalid or child, are these: First What Is given to an Infant as a substitute food must resemble its natural food as closely as possible. This can be done with the aid of a physician, upon whom every child's health should depend, lf Pssible. during at least the first 12 i j.iiuukAi& jl na jjicuauuua tA.K3it:iiut;. tuiiu roiiowing miancy comes me more difficult period of childhood, although not usually considered so, when necessary supplies of nutriment must be furnished to repair the constant waste caused by the active growth of the child. It is at this time that the constituents of various foods should be thoroughly understood and the amounts necessary for various jjeriods, the methods of preparation and administration required, etc. General knowledge will not be of service at this period unless directed toward specific study, such specific study taking up the laws of heat and Its effect on foods dur ing cooking, the proper balancing of die taries, the relation of fat to food, the use of cereals and sweets, when and how to use meats, eggs, fish, etc., what are the reasons for the use of inorganic salts, con tained more particularly in green vege tables, and fruit, what foods are laxative In their influence, which are suitable for winter and which for summer use, which foods are supplementary -in certain con ditions of rapid growth, and which are basic needs for all times, as, for instance, during the school period, when children so quickly develop anaemic conditions from overstudy and lack of hygienic care. These and kindred subjects come up under this special phase of the study of foods for children. Third Following the period of childhood comes the time for the study of estimating correct quantities and proper selections of food to be used in regulating the diet suSted to the Individual needs of girls and boys approaching maturity, the excesses to be avoided by those of sedentary hab its and questions of similar import. Fourr,h A simple presentation of the physiology of digestion would undoubtedly i-ervc to show why there is need for care in diet during Illness. Inasmuch as every alimentary organ has its specific work to do, it Is plain that certain conditions call for certain foods. When digestion is faulty or disordered from illness, it is necessary to know -which class of foods is to be withhold and which should be given, as. for Instance, In typhoid fever, there must be no tax upon the intestines, and foods must therefore be given that are easily absorbed and digested In the stom ach, such as peptonized milk or beef, white of egg in water, koumyss, etc It is also necessary to know that in cases of doubt In illness total abstinence from food is the safest plan until a physician can be called, as this Is sometimes the only way by which absolute rest can be obtained for the diseased parte. Foussagrlvefc, of Paris, says: "The number of cases of disease which can be arrested in children by insti tuting a preventive diet is almost incredi ble." The late Professor Gross, of Phila delphia, once said: "The diet of the sick room has slain, its thousands and tens of thousands. The ordinary preparations for .ho sick are, in general, not only not nutritious, but insipid and flatulent. Ani mal soups are among the most efficient supporters of he exhausted system, and every medical man should know how to give direcuons for their preparation. The life of a man is his food. Foussagrives maintains that the feeding in Illness is a question of the very greatest delicacy, "which embarrasses educated physicians themselves, and It is a subject of Important research. With opinions like these and many others not noted to encourage us in our effort, we may well study further a subject which is of vital Interest in its influence on the happiness of our homes. 2. JPZyttJ A----fl Philadelphia. ED. BOYCE'S MISTAKE. "Set Back" for the Chief Fomcnior of the Coeur "d'Alene Ontragrcs. Spokane Spokesman-Review. Ed Boyce steered for the wrong harbor when he ran his pirate craft into congres sional waters. Boyce has been noisily de manding legislative "investigation" of General Merriam's performance of duty in the Coeur d'Alenes, and the demand has been granted with alacrity. A full, fair congressional Investigation is courted by General Merriam, the Idaho adminis tration, and all friends of law and order. First, because it will dispose of Boy.-e's false representations; and, second, be cause it will dispose of Boyce. Outside of the Coeur d'Alenes, and the Pacific Northwest, few persons know the true character of Edwin Boyee. With many he passes for a sincere, resolute, law-abiding champion of the rights of or ganized labor. Before the congressional investigation is ended, his true character will be revealed, and the revelation will shock the country. Just as it shocked President Samuel Gompers of the Amer ican Federation of Labor. If there -was not another count against Boyce, the official correspondence between him and President Gompers, relative to the connection of the Western Federation 1 of Miners and the American Federaton of Labor, would convict him and condemn him In the estimation of every law-respecting American citizen. Elsewhere in this paper the reader will find ample extracts from that official correspondence, which Is very much to the credit of Mr. Gompers, and very much to the discredit of Ed Boyce. In that correspondence Boyce openly repudiates the principles of trades unionism. He tells Gompers, In dark hints, that he knows an "easier" way to win the battles of or ganized labor, and then he throws- off all concealment, and declares for armed re bellion against government. Mr. Gompers expressed his emphatic condemnation of these lawless utterances, and asked Boyce how it was possible that a member and president of one of the large trade unions could express such sen timents. Boyce promptly retorted that he was neither a member nor the president of a trade union meaning that the West ern Federation of Miners, and the so called miners' unions of the Coeur d'Alenes. were not trades unions in the sense of other organizations of waec- earnOrs. In nnnthpr Iptter Pnvpo nwda his meaning still clearer by declaring that little or no sympathy existed between the members of his organization and the union worker- of the Eastern states. Here is an open boast, reduced to writ ing and officially stated, wh'ch fully sus tains the claim of Governor Steunenberg and the officials working under him, that, war on Boyce and his lawless organiza tions was In no sense aggression against the principles of trades unionism. "These organizatons are not law-abiding trades unions," declared Governor Steunenberg. "We are not trades un ions," declared Ed Boyce. "They are not worthy of the sympathy of law-abiding union men," said the gov ernor. "The wage-earners of the East are 100 years behind the times," said Boyco; "there is little sympathy between us and our Eastern brothers." "The coeur d'Alene unions are lawless organizations." said the Idaho adminis tration. "Resort must be had to the sword," said Boyce. Boyce is soon to learn something that may do him good for the rest of his days. He -will learn the temper of the Ameri can people. He will learn that when the truth Is known, union men will turn from him. In contempt and horror. He will learn that the time has passed when he could safely utter his seditious senti ments. He will get more "invest'gation" than he will have stomach to "digest. t o - TRIUMPH IN OREGON. Phrase of Dr. Blackburn Treated In Ironical Vein. PORTLAND, -Jan. 12. (To the Editor.) The editor of the Philadelphia North American has been asking the effete East: "What achievement of the passing cen tury has contributed most to the advance ment and welfare of the human race?" Statesmen, generals, admirals, actors, scientists, litterateurs, doctors and par sons have responded with learned dis quisitions, after the manner of the East, contemplating, among other things, the freedom of mankind from the yoke of spiritual authority, the masters'- of elec trical forces, the preservation of the re public, the aseptic treatment in surgery, and the work of the bacteria, the last a sort of Infinitesimal pigsticking. As was to be expected, they were not equal to the occasion. The proximity of the North American man to Chestnut GATE-WAY OF TIIE NEW PALACE OF THE EtIIR OF BOKHARA. street is bad, bad for his paper and for his journalistic acumen. His sphere of inquiry was limited to the zone of viri descence. He should have looked to the breezy West, westward even to Oregon; the same with the proverbial musci on her hinder parts could have put ginger Into the symposium. He may ha.ve baen Ig norant of our virility, our intellect, our spontaneity.' He may have harkened to envy- He may have heard that we were a mind-your-own-business crowd; that it was whispered at the cross of gold gath ering that our coat of arms was two drunks and an umbrella; that our prece- dents are no precedents at all, and other things as vain and empty as a Seattle ad. Had he consulted this titanic state- hood "one that excels the quirk of 1 blazoning pens" he would have discov ered the discovery that he sought to dis cover, and his people in turn would have discovered his genius. Oregon justly claims the honor' of hav ing discovered the greatest discovery of the passing century, yea, of any century, and with Hesperian modesty she an nounces It, thus: "War Is God's dynamite.' Gaze on this: Jewel, four words long That on the stretched forefinger of all time Sparkles forever. Here is a discovery that will stagger the cock-loft of any inquisitive Phlladel phian. Plenceforth and forever who will say that we of Oregon are not some pumpkin? That "war is hell" is heresy, black heresy, In the light of this new dis pensation? Lay down, yea scribes and Pharisees, yea Peters and Johns, yea ten der souls and tenderfeet; the strenuous life is on; Annas and Caiaphas have com manded beyond the seas, likewise Alex ander in our midst: Thou shalt not speak nor teach in the name of the Prince of Peace, for war is God's dynamite. J. H. MURPHY. c t A NEW DEAL ALL ROUND. But What "Will tlie Candidates Doing: aicnnivliile i Be Woodburn Independent. At the convention of the State Repub lican League of Republican Clubs it will be In order to talk republican horse sense, have no equivocation, and not have the whole proceedings run by one machine in favor of a cli jue ' o. candidates hungry for office. The :eague bar the advantage of being early in tne field, and should picfit by the occasion by sounding the keynote for reform and .'lemanding purity in politics. This organization can, if it v.i:i, wield a power in t'ie interests of the republican party, assist in the perpetua tion In state offices r.f 'he republican par ty, and Issue a. programme for the selec tion of Candida1 ts for office who would be a credit to the putty. There is plenty of tirr.Dei, and of such gcod material that the people would flock to their support. The league can c:i for a change, dampen the ardor 01 the old uol'tical hacks, and insist on a complete new deal. Will the league do this? Have the delegates when assembled in Portland the nerve to dis card the shackles? It will Jiot do to sur render to what is assuredly the republican boss of Portland and the state, and then trust to the administration of President McKinley to carry the party successfully through the spring campaign. We want a large republican majority in the next leg islature, but we want an honest one. Let it be also remembered that our repre sentatives in congress, while probably do ing the best they can with limited ability and Influence, can be succeeded by Ore gonlans able to accomplish more. In the matter of state and county offices, let the league strongly hint to the different con ventions to keep their weather eye open and choose men of strict probity. Don't tire out thoroughly a public with a repeti tion of the same old tale. If the state league Is to be of worth to the republican party, let It show its colors at the Port land meeting next month. 0 Sherman Conniy Banlc's Assignment. Wasco News. The Sherman County bank made an as signment last Saturday of all its assets to L. Clark, one of Its principal credi tors, to take effect as soon as Mr. Clark qualifies. This was the best way in ef fecting a settlement of the bank's affairs, as there were apparently insurmountable, difficulties to be overcome in getting a recelvor appointed, without going to the expense of taking the defunct bank through the United States district court at Portland. As the matter now stands, Mr. Clark will wind up the affairs of the institution under the supervision of Judge Bradshaw or his successor in office. 0 Suit the people, because they are tired of bitter doses, with the pain and griping that usually follow. Carter's Little Liver Pills. One pill a dose, SHIPPING ON THE OXUS RUSSIAN TRANSPORTATION SCHEME NOT A SUCCESS. Beanty Spots In Centrnl Asia The CItardjni Bckdoni Palace of the Emir of Bokhara. SAMARKAND. Russian Turkestan, July 13. In spite of the difficulties and expense of bridging the Oxus, 'the Rus sians have good reason to be grateful for the service the 3tream has done them and may do them in the future. It makes fertile tracts of land which produce a large part of the wealth of. Central Asia, and equally Important, from the Russian point of view, it makes possible the ex tension of Russian influence and conquest. From Chardjui down the river to the Aral sea, into which it debouches by a wide-spreading delta, and up the river to the very boundary of Afghanistan, the river is the. highway of armies. Almost simultaneously with the con struction of the railway the Russians were building the Oxus flotilla. The Aral sea was a scene of greater activity than it had been In centuries, after the succes save expeditions against Khiva and other khanates of Central Asia had shown the need of a transport service. Steamers were sent up the two great rivers which flowed Into that lonesome sea, for even the Sir-Daria, the1 Jaxartes of ancient history, proved to be sufficiently navigable at times. As Russian power In Turkestan extended schemes multiplied, and it was even announced that a great system of passenger tranbportation was to be or ganized by a Russian company with large capital to transact business after modern methods in the Aral basin. By the time the railway bridge across the big river was finished the steamers which had been constructed for service 0:1 the upper courses were ready to be placed in service. They were flat-bottomed craft that had been built in St. Petersbuig and brought in sections to Chardjui. Then it was found that by a miscalculation on the part of some one the steamers could not be taken through the bridge In the way that had been intended. Two ex planations have been given, and one Is at liberty to choose whichever pleases him best. One is that the river had silted in the channel under the span that had been constructed as a draw to such an extent that It could net be used. The other is that the boats were a few inches too big for the draw itself. However that may be, the bridge had to be cut in two and a new draw made, which was a most unfortunate weakening of a stru;ture none too strong in the beginning. Since that I time several accidents have occurred on the bridge, and more than once sections of it have fallen into the water. Although there is today an Oxus fio- tllla, traffic on the river has not grown to the proportions which had been ex pected. Steamer service from Chardiui to the city of Khiva, ivh'ch Is not far from the main channel, and to the Aral sea, 13 infrequent and irregular. Up the liver, however, to Kerkl. a distanca of perhaps 140 miles-, the journeys are more regular. I believe that two steamers make the trip at frequent interval, requiring four days for the voyage against the current and three days to return to Chardjui. Navigation Is difficult and the river chan nel so shifting that the steamers have to tie up at night and steam only in the daytime. I saw the Oxus flotilla at Chardjui, where it was tied up to the river bank a few hundred yards above the bridge. The boats wero of varying s'ze and type, some of them side and some stern wheel ers but all of very light draft. Boats very similar In character may be found today on many rivers of the Southern states. Above the bridge there were half a dczen steamers, and below I saw two or three others, though these were almost hidden by the fleet of small sailboats that were around them. It will not be long before the old wood en bridge will be supplanted by the new one of iron, which is under construction a hundred yards below. Piers 10, 11 and 12 are complete and pier 13 Is under way, as was testified by the great numbers paint ed In white on the red cylinders which rose from the water. The Chardjui Belccloxu. Kerki is about half -way between Chard jui and the Afghan post of Balkh, which has filled such a prominent placerin all calculations Russian and English, as to the possible Invasion of India by a Rus sian army. The distance from the Trans caspian railway at Chardjui to Balkh is 270 miles, of--which at least half can be overcome by river transportation under the present conditions, and all but CO miles of the remainder, to Kilif, would be covered by a march along the river, which would make the expedition comparatlvely simple. and within the limits of Russian of Bokharot territory. But the Russian are not going to depend on river trans portation when they decide to Invade In dia by way of Balkh,. lf that time should come. Beyond the least doubt it is in tended to build another branch line of railway from Chardjui up the Oxus to the Afghan frontier at Kilif, as they have al ready done from Merv to Kushk post up the Murghab. When that Is done the Russians will bo " at the gates of Balkh," as they are now really "at the gates bf Herat." Across the river from Chardjui is the town of Farabia. another beauty spot af ter the desert. Trees of many sorts grow In profusion, and cotton plantations are mingled with fruit orchards all around. Farabia also has been made the center of considerable activity on the railway, anu tnero are engine-houses and their ac cessories, in spite of the fact that the di vision station of Chardjui Is just across the river. A railway official told me that it was neecssary to have sufficient train equipment on both sides of the 'bridge, because very often it was impossible to take trains across on. account of accidents to the structure. When that happens passengers walk across if the bridge is safe for that, or otherwise are ferried, and a new train is made up on the other side. The- Chardjui bekdom is but a small oasis bordering the river on both sides, and after passing it the line runs through another 15 miles of sand before entering the' cultivated fields of Bokhara, which are not interrupted again for the remain der of the journey. Late in the afternoon we drew Into the Russian town called Bokhara, a new place built since the rail way came, and nine or 10 miles from the ancient native city which is entitled to the name. There was half an hour to spare, "while the train waited for passen gers who preferred to dine in the station rather than in the dining car. For travel ing companions I had two Russian offi cers who boarded the train at Chardjui, one a colonel of artillery and the other an Infantry captain. They suggested that we should spend the time in a visit to the new palace- of the emir of Bokhara, which was under construction not far from the station, so we walked down the shady road in the gathering twilight. Talace of the Emir. It was not more than five minutes' Walk from the railway station to the palace, which stands In a bare and unattractive lawn still marred by the rubbish of ma sonry and carpentry. Around the palace grounds 13 a fence of iron, high enough to keep out Intruders if any such exist m Bokhara. We found an old woman in the gatekeeper's lodge, bribed her with a few kopecks and were admitted without delay. She showed us about the place with pride, a pride which could not be ex plained. The big building is the worst architectural monstrocity that has ever come under my notice. It unites all the crudities of native Bokhariot building with the t,awdry decorations of the smallest and poorest Russian churches. The minarets and domes, Instead of being graceful, as they are In the native architecture of Cen tral Asia, aTe misshapen. The decorations instead of being gorgeously Oriental and harmonious, even when most brilliant, aro simply glaring. Trimmings of the sort we call "gingerbread" are thrust in:o every possible place. The great rooms have rough windows of colored glass and stencil-plate frescoes to accentuate the horror. From what I know of the real merit of central Asiatic architecture when left to Itself, I had expected some thing different, bo I sought an explanation, I learned that the Russian authorities have built this palace for the emir as a. splendid present, thinking that he would come down to their city to live ana oe ai: the more impressed by their generosity I and splendor. They tried to build for him a palace 'which would combine the good I things of both countries. The result Is the worst that could be imagined. And now, to cap the affair, the emir shows no sign of liking the present or even ac cepting it except in the coldest way. ana there is every prospect that the palace may be left without a tenant on the hands of the builders. My Russian companions were quite as much disappointed as L was in what was reputed to be the splendid palace, and one of them tried to convince me that It was not a Russian present to the emir, but was all the fault of that monarch himself. 1 did not blame him for trying to escape any share in the matter. It was almos; dark when we returned to the train, anu the next morning at 7 o'clock we were in Samarkand. Tamerlane's City. Although the great ruler had been dead for 500 years, the name and fame of Tam erlane still dominates Samarkand. No ono ever speaks of the place without saying "the city of Tamerlane's tomb" or "tne capital of Tamerlane's empire." and the humblest beggar on the street Ghares-wlth the dervishes who guard the tomb, and the Russian government, which has fallen heir to the splendid ruins, the pride of posses sion of such a historical spot. A Russian acquaintance had advised me to patronize Hotel de France at Samarkand, so I gar nered my handbags into a phaeton anct hastened from the railway station, hoping to find lodgings with Herr Metzler. The train poured its entire burden of. passen gers into the station at Samarkand, for that city has been the terminus of the line for 10 years, and no through service has been instituted yet by the extended line to Tashkend. Around the station crowded scores of vehicles of motley sort. Persian cart and Bokhariot Arabs were mingled vlth Russian droshkies of the most fa miliar St. Petersburg pattern, and phae tons which might haye come from any-s where in civilization, but must have come. many years ago, so battered and worn were they. Several pretentious equip ages were there, to meet Russian olficera and officials, the troikas, or teams of three horses, caparisoned -In glittering harness, drivers and outriders in gay livery. Iviy driver was a Tartar of most pronounced Mongol type, his phaeton was old and his horses were neither Orloffs nor Ukralnes, but he untangled them from the crush ana we got away as deftly as it might have been done by a London cabdriver. It is a drive of perhaps three miles from tho station to the center of the city. As soon as the immediate vicinity of the station is passed, however, the view changes. Wide streets cross at right angles, inclos- lng blocks as large as those of a prairie town In Iowa. Along each slue of every street flows a rapid, narrow stream ot water, and growing beside each of these brooks a row of tall, well-cultivated trees rises to shade the street. The row or trees on each side .Is planted so that tne trees are on either side of the stream, al ternately. If one stands in a favorable position the trees form four rows in stead of two as far as the sight can reach, the footpaths running along the gardeti walls, then clear brooks flowing between the trees that border the paths, and li the center a broad avenue, shaded from side to side by the interlacing branches which meet above. It is more than CO years since the Rus sians, under General Kaufmann, occupied Samarkand. In that time they have made out of the city a much more attractve place than any I have seen in Russia proper. The names of the two most fa mous governors-general are perpetuated In the municipal nomenclature. Kaufman:: street and Abrahoff boulevard are the finest avenues, unusually wide and welt shaded, the latter with 12 rows of trees to separate its various footpaths and drives. It was early morning as we drovo throush the streets of Russian Samark and. The sun was still low, and the air was cool and fragrant. In the little streams, every few hundred feet, were standing bare-legged .natives, sprinkling roadways in an unusual manner. Each brawny fellow had a big wooden imple ment, much of the shape of an ordinary snow shovel, and this he was using most energetically as a substitute for a watering-pot or sprinkling-cart. With a plunge of the shovel into the current as a prelims nary, he would scoop a great dash or water out upon the road, throwing it well to the middle of the highway. So r.e would go down one side of the street ror a block, returning by way of the water course on the other side and repeating the process there. The result was that the surface of the street was thoroughry drenched, with a guaranty that for sev eral hours there would be no dust and no oppressive heat under the mass of shade. loiter I asked of a Russian officer why such a progressive city should sprinkle its streets .after such a primitive fashion, when watering-carts were so cheap. His answer was that labor was so much cheaper. There seems no business quarter to Rus sian Samarkand, for the shops and stores are mixed In among the dwelling-houses In a most confusing fashion, and in many Instances are surrounded, by the same white-walled gardens that inclose tna ple&santest homes. Almost every house has a large garden, with fruit trees, flow ers, siummer-houses and the other acces sories of a country place. These gardens are watered from the same streams that border the streets. Branches of the brooXu are carried under the walls into the pri vate grounds, to be used at -will for irri gation or for decorative effects If the land scape gardener chooses to use them that way. "We shared the, roadway with the market men of Samarkand, who were coming into the bazaar for their morning'3 business.. Most of the traffic was conducted on the backs of little donkeys, smaller, lf possible, than the smallest burros of Mexico, al though there were a good many camels for variety. 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